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Add YAML spec patent protection information to introduction

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Explain that YAML 1.2 spec cannot be patented due to Open Standards Compact.
Clarify that implementers are protected from patent assertions.
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Russell Ballestrini 2025-10-19 07:30:46 -04:00
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@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ who owns yaml?
**Nobody owns YAML.** The spec is open. The implementations are open. But what licenses govern all those YAML parsers across 42+ programming languages?
Let's find out.
**You can't patent the YAML spec.** The YAML 1.2 specification is an open standard maintained by the YAML Forum under the Open Standards Compact. This explicitly protects implementers from patent assertions - no one can claim exclusive rights over the specification through patents. Any implementation of the standard is protected from patent infringement.
Let's find out what licenses actually govern the implementations.
the question
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